PhysNeXt: Next-Generation Dual-Branch Structured Attention Fusion Network for Remote Photoplethysmography Measurement

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.19752v1
• Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:37:02 GMT
• Title: PhysNeXt: Next-Generation Dual-Branch Structured Attention Fusion Network for Remote Photoplethysmography Measurement
• Abstract summary: rmography enables measurement of heart rate and other vital signs by analyzing color variations in facial skin induced by cardiac pulsation.<n>Current methods are mainly based on either end-to-end modeling from raw videos or subtle heartbeat-related map (ST) representations.<n>We propose PhysMapXt, a dual-input deep learning framework that jointly exploits video frames and ST representations.
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• Abstract: Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) enables contactless measurement of heart rate and other vital signs by analyzing subtle color variations in facial skin induced by cardiac pulsation. Current rPPG methods are mainly based on either end-to-end modeling from raw videos or intermediate spatial-temporal map (STMap) representations. The former preserves complete spatiotemporal information and can capture subtle heartbeat-related signals, but it also introduces substantial noise from motion artifacts and illumination variations. The latter stacks the temporal color changes of multiple facial regions of interest into compact two-dimensional representations, significantly reducing data volume and computational complexity, although some high-frequency details may be lost. To effectively integrate the mutual strengths, we propose PhysNeXt, a dual-input deep learning framework that jointly exploits video frames and STMap representations. By incorporating a spatio-temporal difference modeling unit, a cross-modal interaction module, and a structured attention-based decoder, PhysNeXt collaboratively enhances the robustness of pulse signal extraction. Experimental results demonstrate that PhysNeXt achieves more stable and fine-grained rPPG signal recovery under challenging conditions, validating the effectiveness of joint modeling of video and STMap representations. The codes will be released.

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